MEDIA BIAS: CBS Slants Bush Poll in Favor of Democrats

Newsbusters ^ | 2-28-2006 | Newsbusters

[Thanatos]

Headsup to Newsbusters for this

CBS Slants Bush Poll in Favor of Democrats

In its classic "fair and balanced" tradition, CBS slanted in favor of Democrats its poll that found Bush has a 34 percent approval rating and a 59 percent disapproval rating, an all-time high for a CBS poll.

On the bottom of the PDF version of the poll (page 18) it says how many Democrats versus Republicans were contacted.

"Total Republicans" contacted: 272 unweighted and 289 weighted.

"Total Democrats" contacted: 409 unweighted and 381 weighted.

"Total Independents" contacted: 337 unweighted and 348 weighted.

[Thanatos]

even after "Weighting" the respondants, there is still a 2 to 1 built-in bias in this "Poll"..

If you only ask the opinion of the enemy, you will only get the enemies point of view.

[guitar4jesus]

I'M SHOCKED!
SHOCKED, I TELL YOU!

[cvq3842]

Thanks for posting.

Disgusting, but not surprising.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Yeah, but the two to one bias is not reported in MSM. What these polls need to do is use the same sampling as percentages in last Presidential election. And then only with "likely" voters. Cause they are the ones who vote not just tell you how they feel.

[Bob Buchholz]

Rush is right!

These fools will run around quoting their own BS polls, celebrating the numbers then claim foul when the actual election results don't reflect their expectations. Let them continue being deluded.

[buffyt]

BUSH CHEERS DECLINE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA, RISE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS (Drudge Headline)

[Wasanother]

CBS is even 10% lower than most other MSM skewed polls. I think this has to do with Bush basically referring to the MSM as irrelevant.

[Stand Watch Listen]

thread link

BUSH CHEERS DECLINE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA, RISE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS (Drudge Headline)

[in hoc signo vinces]

I think it's pretty understood that CBS stands for a great many things, none of them good, but especially C'ertainly B'iased S'ources.

"CBS" The name no one trusts.

[1rudeboy]

Can someone explain the purpose of "weighting" in the first place? Can't one simply take a poll and give the actual results with the sample characteristics in some sort of fine print at the bottom? Why the extra step?

[ohioWfan]

Gee..............what a surprise.

But I'll tell you what bugs me. Carl Cameron and the Fox guys will talk about the 'polls' without the caveat that they were weighted.

All it takes for the media to use a poll in a report is to take the poll. It's accuracy is irrelevant.

[Always Right]

Even if they weighted it better, Bush would still be under 40%.

[PaulJ]

What is "Weighting"?

[Names Ash Housewares]

Polls are custom manufactured news. CBS is expert on making up news as we all know.

[newfreep]

What is "Weighting"?

A great song by Tom Petty

[cubreporter]

CBS...

Yada, yada, yada...Zzzzzzzzzzzz

[Doc Savage]

What's the frequency Kenneth???

[texan75010]

It's funny, over at the DU they are all a buzz about the poll itself but no word about how the poll is skewed.

This is a continuation of the same thing. They whip themselves up in to a frenzy, believing that next election is theirs for sure, only to have the door closed on their face once again.

You just gotta love how they keep repeating the same cycle of failure. It makes me wonder whose side the MSM is really on?

[conservative physics]

shocking !


LOL


Any poll that isn't 55% republican is worthless.